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Where does “syntaxis” come from?

syntaxis (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek σύνταξις, from Ancient Greek συντάσσω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.

syntaxis (Latin): syntaxis, syntax

Definitions

  1. syntaxis, syntax

Ancestry of “syntaxis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσύνταξιςan arranging, putting in order; array,...
2Ancient Greekσυντάσσωarrange together”, “to order
3Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
4Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
5Proto-Hellenic*ksún—

Words derived from “syntaxis”

  • syntax
  • morphosyntax
  • syntaxis
  • protosyntax
  • metasyntax
  • syntaxless
  • nanosyntax
  • morpho-syntax
  • lexicosyntax
  • syntaxeme
  • morphosyntaxe
  • morphosyntaxique
  • syntaxe
  • syntaxique
  • Syntax
  • morphosyntaktisch
  • syntaktisch
  • sintaxi
  • syntaxis
  • syntaks
  • sentaks
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